EN 13336:2022

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13336:2013
Usnje - Značilnosti usnja za oblazinjenje - Vodilo za izbiro usnja za pohištvo
Leather - Upholstery leather characteristics - Guide for selection of leather for furniture
Leder - Richtwerte für Möbelleder - Leitfaden zur Auswahl von Möbelleder
Cuir - Caractéristiques des cuirs de garniture - Guide pour le choix de cuirs pour
l'ameublement
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13336:2022
ICS:
59.140.30 Usnje in krzno Leather and furs
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13336
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 59.140.30 Supersedes EN 13336:2012
English Version
Leather - Upholstery leather characteristics - Guide for
selection of leather for furniture
Cuir - Caractéristiques des cuirs de garniture - Guide Leder - Richtwerte für Möbelleder - Leitfaden zur
pour le choix de cuirs pour l'ameublement Auswahl von Möbelleder
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 13 June 2022.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
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United Kingdom.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 General principles . 6
5 Sampling . 6
6 Conditioning and sampling preparation . 6
7 Fundamental and complementary characteristics, test methods, procedure for
results evaluation and recommended values . 6

European foreword
This document (EN 13336:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 289 “Leather”, the
secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2023, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2023.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 13336:2012.
In comparison with the previous edition, the following technical modifications have been made:
— updating of Clause 2 “Normative references”;
— addition of the new Clause 7.2 “Procedure for results evaluation”;
— Tables A.1.a; A.1.b; A.1.c and A.2.1 have been rationalized in Table 1 and Table 2, with modifications;
— pigmented leather values have been enlarged to coated and other kind of leather;
— new parameter “dry flex resistance” has been introduced, as fundamental characteristic;
— pH minimum value has been modified from 3,2 to 3,5;
— “colour fastness to water spotting” has been moved from subsidiary to fundamental characteristic;
— Annex A has been deleted and the text and tables included in the text of Clause 7.1.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document was prepared by CEN/TC 289 “Leather” in order to provide the leather and furniture
industries with guidelines on which both sellers and buyers can base their negotiations.
1 Scope
This document giv
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